Death-bed gifting dispute HOWARD is terminally ill and in the final days of his life, he decides to give his friend Sarah, a gift as she had been by his side during the last twelve months. Howard hands Sarah…
DEAR News Of The Area, I RECENTLY used the public toilets at Woolgoolga Beach Reserve and I am concerned and dismayed at the fact that these toilets, for men and women are located within the children’s playground. It is…
AUSTRALIA needs more nurses and TAFE NSW Coffs campus is playing a pivotal role in training these much-needed healthcare workers. Australia is currently in the midst of a nursing shortage, with Health Workforce Australia estimating the nation will need…
How would you best describe a dining experience at the Jetty Beach House? “Poised atop the ocean with panoramic coastal views, a visit to Jetty Beach House is a celebration of the best that the Coffs Coast has to…
WITH a history that dates back to 1907, the Durham Hotel is an iconic landmark of the Upper Hunter. Located midway between Scone and Murrurundi, Wingen is a small town that is an outpost of both these larger towns…
DEAR News Of The Area, ANGLICAN Church Aged Care. What a wonderful, caring, compassionate organisation. Purchased Bulahdelah Nursing Home from the local community in 2017 for the princely sum of $1.00. Now they move away, dumping the residents and…
THE MidCoast Council initiative ‘#ShopMidCoast’ has won an annual Why Leave Town award. The initiative won the award for the ‘Most Stores to Receive at Least One Redemption’, with 194 stores within the MidCoast’s program benefiting from a ‘Why…
THE petition launched against the rezoning of beachside land at Hawks Nest has now closed. Four Corners episode ‘Obeid Inc’, released in November 2021, brought national attention to the rezoning of land at 1 Sanderling Rd, Hawks Nest, from…
THE NSW Department of Planning and Environment’s aim to reduce the complexity of the rezoning process has been welcomed by MidCoast Council. Council recently made a submission, endorsed by Councillors, to the department’s discussion paper on ‘A new approach…
THE Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Lions Club have received approval from MidCoast Council to restore the iconic Gould’s Petrel seabird frieze and to replace the beach wall located at Bennetts Beach in Hawks Nest. The steel frieze, which is…